Printer&#39;s roller and process of making the same



1932- B. F. VOGT PRINTER'S ROLLER AND I ROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Feb. 21, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l VENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

B. F. VOGT Aug. 9, 1932.

Filed Feb. 21, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

Patented Aug. 9, 1932 PATENT OFFICE BENEDICT IE. VOGT, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY rnrivirnns ROLLER AND rnocnss or MAKING THE SAME Application filed February 21, 15330. Serial No. 430,381.

This invention relates to printers rollers and has special reference to an improved printers roller and process for making the same. 1

5 The inking and'distributing rollers, usually called printers rollers, which form part of the mechanism come in practically all printing presses, ordinarily consist of a steel core or stock on which is molded the roller proper which receives and distributes the ink. The material of which this roller is molded is well known in its usual form and consists of a composition of glue and glycerine some times having other ingredients therein. This material is of elastic quality which is essential in doing good work on a printing press. 'However, the material also is somewhat .absorbent and it is necessary to frequently wash ofl' the rollers to prevent the ink being absorbed and the roller getting a hard inelastic surface which will not properly distribute the ink. Furthermore, this composition softens in the summer-time and tends to run when the composition is of the proper stiffness for use in the colder months. Other rollers of this type have been made with solid rubber and a steel core but these solid rubber rollers lack the elasticity of the composition rollers and swell under use so that it is necessary, after several months use, to grind the rubber roller down.

Therehas been shown and described in my copending application for patent Ser. No. 293,417 filed July 17, 1928, a printers roller and method of making the same which overcomes the objections above noted. However, for certain purposes it is preferable to use a printers roller having a fabric surface. Heretofore such rollers have been found .defeotive in operation because the fabric covering in rollers manufactured by the usual methods tends to become slack and wrinkle, thus interfering with the proper and even distribution of ink. Also, because of the em- 5 ployment of a composition in such rollers which softens when used under ordinary summer heat the rollers previously made became deformed and cannot effect proper and even ink distribution.

One important object of the present invention is to provide a novel construction of printers roller having a fabric coating or surface.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improved form of fabric '5 covered printers roller wherein the fabric covering is in the form of a seamless tube and is so expanded and stretched that it cannot wrinkle in use.

A third important object of the invention 50 is to provide a novel form of fabriccovered roller wherein the body of the roller is formed of a compound which will not soften in use undersummer temperatures so that the fabric covering will retain its cylindrical g5 shape withoutbeing subject to deformity.

A fourth important object of the invention is to provide an improved method of manufacturing such a-roller. g It is further to be noted that the usual 7 manner of manufacturing rollers is to inject the material intothe mold by pressure but no provision is made for substantially closing the end of the mold so that as the material rises in the mold and fills the same pres- 7 sure can be exerted and maintained, if desired, until material has fully set. In the present invention a pressure plate is provided inside of the mold at the top of the rollerstock, so that when the composition so comes into contact with this pressure plate the plate resists further upward movement of the composition of the roll and pressure is obtained, thereby packing the material into the mold and around the roller stock as tightas 1y as may be found desirable, this same pressure forcing the air out ofthe composition that would otherwise be entrained therein. This, of course, makes the composition more compact and eliminates shrinking of the roller.f

Moreover, to hold this roller in perfect condition there is used a composition which is not meltable in the ordinary temperatures of use and which climatic conditions will not affect. If other ordinary meltable composition vwere used under the same conditions by forcing the composition into a canvas cover, this meltable composition would, under the summer heat and conditions of use beof construction and combinations "ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate likepartsin the several views, and

' F igure 1 is a side elevation of an im rove'd mold especially adaptedforathe pro uction of the roller described herein.

v-Figure 2.is a vertical diametric section through such a, mold.

igure 3 i is an enlarged detail top 1 plan view of the mold.

v Figure 4 isan. enlarged plan view of a centeringistaror spiderused inthe bottom of the. mold.

Figurej5 is an :enlarged plan view of a fabricclamping pressurelhead used. in the top of the mold. v

Figure 6.isa-.side elevation, partly broken .away of a roller constructed in accordance with. this invention.

"Figure Tis a longitudinal mediansection throughFigureB. I

"Figure 8 is a section on.the linef8'8 of Fi re .6.

I ntheformofthe mold which'is especially. adapted for. this purpose there. is provided ,a cylindrical body 10 centrally ,of .whichis' positioneda ring v 11. hearing. trunnions. 12 so that thebody may bemounte'dona suitable stand for'handling. Screwed-on theupper endofthe body'is a cap13and onthelower end 113 an annular :cap .plate 14 similarly.

screwed fast to:the body .10. Screwedfinto the plate 14 and projectingthroughlthe plate .13 is aroller sizingtube 15. Eittedagainst the botton ringlv is a,hea'd.'16 which has a .centrally'disposedhollow, boss'like portion 17 wherewithcommunicatesapipe attachment 18 through which plastic composition maybe forced under pressure into the hollowhead 16 7 so thatitmayrise in-the tube 15. 'The head fl6 is held on theiring 14 by swinging clamp members' v19 provided .withcamlhandles 20,

the. members 19 being. pivoted to. the ringl in such manner that ,thejhandles can swingibeneath thefring 16, and,.being rotated, can

force theheadjfi toward thering14-so as to clamp the packing washer 21 and prevent head and the sizing tube 15. Also the upper reducedendof the. stock 23 passes through a centering star or spider 26 to accurately cen- -ter the stock in the tube1-5. On top of this centering star is a pressure plate 27 which is forced down and held in position by a clamp- .ing screw 28 which passes through a cross bar '29 having hook bolts 30 at its ends which en- .gage beneath the cap 13. An air vent31 having a valve 32 is provided at the upper endvof the mold, the vent pipe passingthrough the members 24, .26 and 27 so that air may be allowed to escape, during the filling operation, from between the. fabric tube25 andthe stock 23. The lower end of the. tube 25. is

held in position and kept from slipping upwardly by a tapered clamping ring 33 which fits in that lower end and forces the fabric tube tightly against the lower end of the tube v 15 which is slightly bevelled'for that'purpose.

In the operation of the mold, after the parts are assembled as shown in Figure'2:with the fabric. coveringsomewhat slack or flacid between the ends, the plastic material 34 is introduced from the bottom through the pipe connection 18 and flows upwithin the fabric tube. The valve 32 is left open: until all airis driven out and is then closed and pressure applied to the composition entering through the pipe connectionv so that thefabric is expanded and stretched to fit the tube.15. The

composition is allowed to set and the parts disassembled. When taken out the fabric .willprojectbeyond the composition 34 and will be :crimped down and bound onthe stock .by cord or wire 35 thus preventing anyworking out of the composition at theroller'ends.

There has thus been provided animproved and highly eflicient rollerand process for manufacturing the sameas well as a mold therefor. p I

'It is-obvious that minor changes may be made both in the form of the roller. and inthe process employed and-the mold withoutaffecting the material principles involved and itis not, therefore, desired to confine the in- .vention to the exact roller or process herein set forth but it'is wished to includev all such as properly come within the scope claimed. .Having thus described the invention what isclaimed as new is: 1. Those steps in the process of constructing a printersrollerwhich consist-in assemblinga circumferentially expansible tubular fabric casing in unexpanded condition on a stock with its endsheld'in fixedspacedrelation, placing the casing and stock in a mold having a diameter equal to the finished article and greater than the diameter of the unexpanded tubular casing, and forcing a cushioning compound in a freely plastic state into said casing whereby to expand and stretch the casing circumferentially while maintaining it at a fixed length, and allowing the compound to solidify with the casing thus stretched whereby the compound will be under radial compression upon removal of the mold.

2. Those steps in the process of constructing a printers roller which consist in assembling a circumferentially expansible tubular fabric casing in unexpanded condition on a stock with its ends held in fixed spaced relation, placing the casing and stock in a mold having a diameter equal to the finished article and greater than the diameter of the unexpanded tubular casing, and forcing a cushioning compound in a freely plastic state into said casing whereby to expand and stretch the casing circumferentially while maintaining it at a fixed length, allowing the compound to solidify with the casing thus stretched whereby the compound will be under radial compression upon removal of the mold, and crimping the ends of the casing against the stock and there securing them.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BENEDICT F. VOGT. 

